Mine detail: Dracut Deposit

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Location: Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.66667, -71.29947
dep_id: 10268259
mas_id: 250170001
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Cobalt, Nickel
Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
other_matl: Augite, Hypersthene, Pentlandite, Plagioclase, Pyrrhotite
Reporter: Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)
Year first produced: 1876
disc_yr: 1939
References:
  • Deposit:: DENNEN,WH,1943,A NICKEL DEPOSIT NEAR DRACUT,MASS: ECON GEOL,
  • Deposit:: 1,PP 25-55.
  • Deposit:: BROEDEL,CH,AND CORNWALL,CH,1954,NICKEL AND COBALT IN NEW ENG
  • Deposit:: AND NEW YORK, NEW ENGLAND-NEW YORK INTER-AGENCY COMMITTEE: M
  • Deposit:: RESOURCES STUDY AND REPORT GROUP,PP 32-42.
  • Deposit:: DUNN GEOSCIENCE CORP FILE ITEM: MEMORANDUM-JAMES R DUNN TO R
  • Deposit:: F BEERS,MAY6 1959,SUBJECT: POND SETTLEMENT IRON ORE PROPERTY
  • Deposit:: DRACUT NICKEL PROPERTY.
  • Deposit:: DUNN GEOSCIENCE CORP FILE ITEM: MEMORANDOM-ROLAND F BEERS TO
  • Deposit:: R DUNN,MAY 22,1959,SUBJECT: ASSAYOF NICKEL-BEARING SAMPLES,4
  • Deposit:: 4B,DRACUT,MASS.
  • Deposit:: NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS
  • Deposit:: NOT ON RCF OR CMS LISTS 10/81
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